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Forgive and forget?
Maybe not atSaturday Night Live.
The latest episode included not one, but two references toWallen’s controversial departure.
Colin Jost on ‘Weekend Update’ for ‘Saturday Night Live’.Credit:Saturday Night Live/YouTube
“This was the worst week for the stock market since the summer of 2020.
But you have to remember, back then, the president… was also Trump,” Jost began.
“Just in the past two days, investors have lost over $6 trillion.”
Morgan Wallen walks off ‘Saturday Night Live’ during the show’s goodnights.NBC
He then quipped, “Money is leaving the stock market faster than Morgan Wallen at goodnights.”
Earlier in the show, anotherSNLstar poked fun at Wallen’s widely circulated social media moment.
“I even put tariffs on an island uninhabited by humans.
It’s called Heard and McDonald’s Island,” he said, then continued down a new track.
“McDonald’s Island.
I would love to visit there.
Can you imagine that?
Big Mac and a hula skirt.”
When the crowd burst into laughter, he added, “Remember that?
James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump holds up a McDonald’s Island mock-up on ‘SNL’.Saturday Night Live/YouTube
Meanwhile, someSNLcast members have not held their tongues about the stir Wallen caused.
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SNLcast memberKenan Thompsonevenspoke withEntertainment Weeklyabout the incident.
“I don’t know what goes through people’s minds when they decide to do stuff like that.
Morgan Wallen and Mikey Madison on ‘SNL’.Will Heath/NBC via Getty
I thought maybe he had to go to the potty or something.”
“It’s definitely a spike in the norm,” Thompson added.
Seems like a complicated individual, I guess.”
Thompson also took issue with Wallen’s IG image and caption.
“You trying to say that we are not in God’s country?
We’re not all in God’s country?
We’re not all under God’s umbrella?
That’s not necessarily my favorite.”
